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Post #1385848

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ChainsawAsh
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The Unpopular Film, TV, Music, Art, Books, Comics, Games, & Technology Opinion Thread (for all you contrarians!)
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Date created
13-Nov-2020, 2:27 AM

I feel like the whole point of Willie was to take the stereotypical shrill “damsel in distress” type character and show how she would actually react to being put through all of the shit she goes through. Unfortunately, that sort of character had long been out of fashion, and either they didn’t execute the idea well enough for audiences to get what they were going for, or it was just a bad choice given how the depiction of women in film had improved quite a bit by that time.

Not necessarily trying to say “You’re wrong, Willie is great, and here’s incontrovertible evidence!” - Willie is 100% a huge flaw in the film. I’m just not sure whether that’s because they executed a misguided idea too well, or they bungled a decent idea.